February 5, 2025

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for February 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 2, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
1/20
2 Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593685778
A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction.
2/5
3 The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593312070
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.
3/13
4 The Crash- Debut
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227325
A new psychological thriller from bestselling author Freida McFadden! The nightmare she's running from is nothing compared to where she's headed.
/1
5 Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182
A post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the bestselling author of Kindred.
6/25
6 Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802163622
Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in 24 hours. Winner of the Booker Prize 2024.
4/12
7 Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
5/23
8 The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18.00, 9780525435006
Atwood's funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing novel is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and literary tour de force. Now a Hulu series.
8/90
9 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063250857
Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R. F. Kuang's novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable.
7/4
10 A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569
From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.
9/125
11 The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years.
11/14
12 North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18.00, 9780593597040
When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike.
10/18
13 Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781451673319
Decades after its original publication, Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before.
12/2
14 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
An addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist, Freida McFadden's The Housemaid is perfect for fans of Ruth Ware, Lisa Jewell, and Verity.
13/30
15 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593466490
Two college friends—often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before.
14/32
ON THE RISE
16 Good Material
Dolly Alderton, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593686959
This novel by the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love is a story of heartbreak and friendship and how to survive both.
 
 
     

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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for February 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 2, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12.00, 9780804190114
Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the 20th century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
1/100
2 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781571313560
Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
3/269
3 The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593536131
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club.
2/38
4 All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering.
5/170
5 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.
4/32
6 The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
10/227
7 The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
A history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history.
9/67
8 Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20.00, 9780307279286
Award-winning New Yorker staff writer Keefe presents a stunning and intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.
6/53
9 Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Jonathan Blitzer, Penguin , $21.00, 9781984880826
An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the southern border told through the lives of the migrants forced to risk everything and the policymakers who determine their fate.
7/2
10 Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593652985
A vital and urgent call to action about the precarious state of American democracy, charting its historical challenges and current threats, from one of our era's most important and insightful historians, with a new afterword by the author.
11/14
11 Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20.00, 9780593139158
McConaughey's unconventional memoir is filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.
8/12
12 All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard.
12/8
13 A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $22.99, 9780062397348
Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of—and in the words of—America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers.
14/2
14 Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951
From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.
/89
15 Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
Dean Spade, Verso, $15.95, 9781839762123
Writing for those new to activism as well as those who have been in social movements for a long time, Dean Spade draws on years of organizing to offer a radical vision of community mobilization, social transformation, compassionate activism, and solidarity.
13/3
 
     

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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for February 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 2, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649374189
After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it's impossible to know who to trust.
1/2
2 James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550369
Percival Everett's new novel is a brilliant, action-packed re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2024.
3/46
3 Onyx Storm (Standard Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649377159
After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it's impossible to know who to trust.
2/2
4 Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $30.00, 9780593548981
Set in Florida in the 1970s, Grady Hendrix's newest novel follows five young women in a home for unwed mothers who find a guide to witchcraft. The #1 Indie Next Pick for January 2025.
4/3
5 Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
She's survived her first year at Basgiath War College for dragon riders...but the danger is just beginning in the electrifying follow-up to Fourth Wing.
5/31
6 The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593418918
Moore's multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore's most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet. The #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2024.
6/31
7 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
Keegan's landmark novel is a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2021.
7/29
8 The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew. The #1 Indie Next Pick for August 2024.
8/25
9 All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29.00, 9780593190265
Miranda July returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious, and surprising novel about a woman upending her life. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick.
11/38
10 The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30.00, 9781250178633
The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm's way to help others.
10/52
11 Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374602635
An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family—but especially love—from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick.
9/19
12 We Do Not Part
Han Kang, e. yaewon (Transl.), Paige Aniyah Morris (Transl.), Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593595459
From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Han Kang's new novel tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter in Korean history.
12/2
13 Water Moon
Samantha Sotto Yambao, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593724996
A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets—and then embarks on a magical journey when a charming young physicist wanders into the shop in this dreamlike and enchanting fantasy novel. A January 2025 Indie Next Pick.
13/3
14 All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798874
A missing person mystery, a serial killer thriller, a love story, a unique twist on each, Chris Whitaker has written a novel about what lurks in the shadows of obsession and the blinding light of hope. A July 2024 Indie Next Pick.
14/18
15 Good Dirt- Debut
Charmaine Wilkerson, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593358368
The daughter of an affluent Black family pieces together the connection between a childhood tragedy and a beloved heirloom in this moving novel from the bestselling author of Black Cake.
/1
 
     


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for February 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 2, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn't you. The problem is the power you give to other people. This book puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands.
2/6
2 The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781668072240
A bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2024.
1/11
3 The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource- Debut
Chris Hayes, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593653111
From the bestselling author and MSNBC and podcast host, a powerful wide-angle reckoning with how the assault from attention capitalism on our minds and our hearts has reordered our politics and the very fabric of our society.
/1
4 The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir- Debut
Neko Case, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538710500
Singer-songwriter Neko Case paints a vivid portrait of an extraordinary life—one forged through a poverty-stricken childhood, obsessive desire, bursts of comedy, and indispensable friendships. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
/1
5 The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30.00, 9780593230381
The bestselling author of Between the World and Me travels the world to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don't—shape our realities.
3/18
6 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292
James Clear reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
8/133
7 The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us.
4/106
8 Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34.00, 9780593799895
In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table.
5/18
9 Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People- Debut
Imani Perry, Ecco, $28.99, 9780062977397
A surprising, beautiful meditation on the color blue—and its fascinating role in Black history and culture—from National Book Award winner Imani Perry.
/1
10 Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316575805
Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light.
6/18
11 The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593655030
From bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.
7/36
12 Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning- Debut
Peter Beinart, Knopf, $26.00, 9780593803899
A provocative argument that will expand and inform one of the defining conversations of our time. It is a book that only Peter Beinart could write: a passionate yet measured work that brings together his personal experience, his commanding grasp of history, his keen understanding of political and moral dilemmas, and a clear vision for the future.
/1
13 The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385544764
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day.
11/26
14 Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00, 9780374611996
A liberating, invigorating journey toward a more meaningful life—a journey that begins not with fantasies of the ideal existence but with the reality in which we actually find ourselves.
9/10
15 The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35.00, 9780385348744
Larson brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a slow-burning crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick.
10/40
 
     

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Mass Market



Bestseller List for February 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 2, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
1/448
2 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
2/181
3 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
3/78
4 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
5/119
5 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
7/79
6 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
4/161
7 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
/43
8 The Exchange
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593685600
9/17
9 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
6/76
10 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
10/270
 
     

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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for February 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 2, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1 Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
 
2 The First State of Being
Erin Entrada Kelly, Greenwillow Books, $19.99, 9780063337312
 
3 Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
 
4 The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
 
5 The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
 
6 The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
 
7 Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
 
8 The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324
 
9 Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray!
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908
 
10 A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272
 
11 Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
 
12 The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
 
13 Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
14 Fresh Start: A Graphic Novel
Gale Galligan, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338045840
 
15 The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316554732
 
 
     

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Young Adult



Bestseller List for February 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 2, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Young Adult  
1 Heavenly Tyrant
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $20.99, 9780735269989
 
2 Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
 
3 The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544340688
 
4 If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
 
5 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196
 
6 Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
 
7 The Last Bookstore on Earth
Lily Braun-Arnold, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593899489
 
8 The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207
 
9 The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $16.99, 9780062498540
 
10 Legendborn (Indies Introduce)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
 
11 Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $11.99, 9780735269958
 
12 Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
 
13 The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
 
14 If Only I Had Told Her
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229
 
15 Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138
 
 
     

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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for February 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 2, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Illustrated  
1 Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
 
2 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
3 Little Blue Truck's Valentine
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780358272441
 
4 The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
5 Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
 
6 Girls on the Rise
Amanda Gorman, Loveis Wise (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593624180
 
7 I Am Glinda (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884
 
8 Knight Owl and Early Bird
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526
 
9 The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
 
10 I Am Elphaba (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896860
 
11 The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Peekaboo Valentine- Debut
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $9.99, 9780593754757
 
12 Happy Valentine's Day, Curious George!- Debut
H. A. Rey, Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780063384903
 
13 Little Love Songs- Debut
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $14.99, 9781665952620
 
14 Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
 
15 Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
 
 
     

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Children's Series



Bestseller List for February 5, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 2, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Series  
1 Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
 
3 Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
 
4 The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
 
5 Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
6 I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
 
7 Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 
8 InvestiGators (hardcover)
John Patrick Green, First Second
 
9 Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
10 The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending February 2, 2025

16 Good Material
Dolly Alderton, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593686959

17 The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400

18 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781982179014

19 First Lie Wins
Ashley Elston, Penguin Books, $19.00, 9780593492932

20 The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987

21 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756

22 The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781101906118

23 Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279087

24 The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227

25 Wicked
Gregory Maguire, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780062852847

26 I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600

27 Quicksilver
Callie Hart, Forever, $21.99, 9781538774199

28 The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498

29 Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433

30 Butter
Asako Yuzuki, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063236417

31 A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583

32 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957

33 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318

34 Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228

35 The Hunter
Tana French, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593493458

36 1984
George Orwell, Plume, $19.00, 9780452262935

37 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463

38 You Dreamed of Empires
Álvaro Enrigue, Riverhead Books, $18.00, 9780593544808

39 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17.00, 9781501161933

40 The Poppy War
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $19.99, 9780062662583

41 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323

42 The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.00, 9780307278449

43 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702

44 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606

45 Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263

46 This Is Happiness
Niall Williams, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.99, 9781635576313

47 The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007

48 The House in the Pines
Ana Reyes, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593186732

49 Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer, Picador, $18.00, 9781250824042

50 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending February 2, 2025

16 Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together
Dean Spade, Algonquin Books, $19.99, 9781643756462

17 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

18 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20.00, 9780143129257

19 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338143

20 Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes, Haymarket Books, $17.95, 9781642598278

21 A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
Eckhart Tolle, Penguin Life, $18.00, 9780452289963

22 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $21.99, 9780316299220

23 Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20.00, 9780593449240

24 King: A Life
Jonathan Eig, Picador, $23.00, 9781250335647

25 How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
Jason Stanley, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $19.00, 9780525511854

26 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359

27 Meditations
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255

28 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791

29 How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006884

30 The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story
Pagan Kennedy, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593314715

31 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225282

32 Hillbilly Elegy
J. D. Vance, Harper, $18.99, 9780062300553

33 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609

34 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $21.00, 9780593230275

35 The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400078431

36 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037

37 Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807014271

38 The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $14.00, 9780679744726

39 A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446

40 Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Angela Y. Davis, Haymarket Books, $15.95, 9781608465644

41 The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668065969

42 Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088

43 Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World
Mary Beard, Liveright, $21.99, 9781324095606

44 Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties
Elijah Wald, Dey Street Books, $18.99, 9780062366696

45 The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689

46 Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Oregon State University Press, $18.95, 9780870714993

47 How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9780984627110

48 How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $18.99, 9781612198552

49 The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932

50 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593298909

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending February 2, 2025

16 Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031

17 Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30.00, 9780593446096

18 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157

19 The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593801970

20 Presumed Guilty
Scott Turow, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538706367

21 Beautiful Ugly
Alice Feeney, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250337788

22 Death of the Author (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Nnedi Okorafor, William Morrow, $30.00, 9780063391147

23 The Three Lives of Cate Kay
Kate Fagan, Atria Books, $27.99, 9781668076217

24 The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668045145

25 Tartufo
Kira Jane Buxton, Grand Central Publishing, $29.00, 9781538770818

26 We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25.00, 9780593818749

27 The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus
Emma Knight, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9780593830451

28 Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205

29 Wind and Truth
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $39.99, 9781250319180

30 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991

31 The Stolen Queen
Fiona Davis, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593474273

32 The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593489277

33 We Could Be Rats
Emily Austin, Atria Books, $27.99, 9781668058145

34 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236210

35 Time of the Child
Niall Williams, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.99, 9781639734207

36 Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042

37 Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521

38 Rejection: Fiction
Tony Tulathimutte, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063337879

39 Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820247

40 Playworld
Adam Ross, Knopf, $29.00, 9780385351294

41 The Favorites
Layne Fargo, Random House, $28.00, 9780593732045

42 Blob
Maggie Su, Harper, $26.99, 9780063358645

43 If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose
Refaat Alareer, OR Books, $24.99, 9781682196212

44 Blue Sisters
Coco Mellors, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593723760

45 The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst, Bramble, $29.99, 9781250333971

46 Foster
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802160140

47 The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32.00, 9780063277052

48 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946

49 Mothers and Sons
Adam Haslett, Little, Brown and Company, $29.00, 9780316574716

50 Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29.00, 9780593441282

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending February 2, 2025

16 The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013

17 Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35.00, 9780593734223

18 Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $25.00, 9780593189481

19 The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Sharon McMahon, Thesis, $32.00, 9780593541678

20 Aflame: Learning from Silence
Pico Iyer, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593420287

21 CABIN: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
Patrick Hutchison, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250285706

22 On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32.00, 9780593728727

23 Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Harry N. Abrams, $28.00, 9781419777295

24 The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260

25 Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593320969

26 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581

27 Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy
Tieghan Gerard, Clarkson Potter, $32.99, 9780593232576

28 Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health
Casey Means, M.D., Calley Means, Avery, $32.00, 9780593712641

29 Melania
Melania Trump, Skyhorse, $40.00, 9781510782693

30 The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedyand Why It Failed
Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250790576

31 Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman
Brooke Shields, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250346940

32 The Word of Dog: What Our Canine Companions Can Teach Us About Living a Good Life
Mark Rowlands, Liveright, $26.99, 9781324095682

33 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461

34 Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life's Purpose
Martha Beck, The Open Field, $30.00, 9780593656389

35 What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781668055687

36 Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart
Nicholas Carr, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324064619

37 Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $37.99, 9780399581779

38 Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life
Agnes Callard, W. W. Norton & Company, $35.00, 9781631498466

39 An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
Zeinab Badawi, Mariner Books, $32.50, 9780063335417

40 How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith
Mariann Edgar Budde, Avery, $28.00, 9780593539217

41 What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
Sy Montgomery, Atria Books, $22.99, 9781668047361

42 The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
Wright Thompson, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780593299821

43 Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $27.00, 9780385549936

44 Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches
Matty Matheson, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9781984862150

45 Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder
Matthew Pearl, Harper, $30.00, 9780063338067

46 Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham, Jim McCloskey, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385550444

47 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598

48 Guinness World Records 2025
Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484569

49 What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, One World, $34.00, 9780593229361

50 A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $34.00, 9781501183058

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending February 2, 2025

11 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488

12 Simply Lies
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538750605

13 Clive Cussler The Corsican Shadow
Dirk Cussler, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $10.99, 9780593544198

14 Only the Brave
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9780593498453

15 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286

16 Shattered
James Patterson, James O. Born, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752968

17 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125

18 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686

19 The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688

20 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309

21 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803

22 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233

23 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741

24 It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $10.99, 9780451465641

25 The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572

26 Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765360038

27 It Had to Be You
Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668034668

28 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293

29 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484

30 After That Night
Karin Slaughter, William Morrow Paperbacks, $10.99, 9780063157804

31 The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657

32 Thinner
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668084274

33 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024

34 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10.00, 9780553293357

35 The Great Gatsby
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Pocket, $9.99, 9781982146702

36 The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626

37 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488

38 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835

39 Elantris
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765350374

40 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716

41 The Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Signet, $5.95, 9780451531841

42 Wrong Place Wrong Time
Gillian McAllister, William Morrow Paperbacks, $9.99, 9780063427006

43 Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987

44 A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $8.95, 9780679755333

45 Upside Down
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9780593498392

46 Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345337665

47 Hamlet
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477123

48 The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $11.99, 9780756407919

49 Mort
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225719

50 Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $9.99, 9781250773012

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